@chriswilmer
There are a few possible subtleties to the btcdrak thing:
1) The way reddit moderation works is that the earlier mods have absolute power over every mod that came later. That means btcdrak has veto power over no one, and definitely not over Roger - no one does.
2) Roger Ver has practiced jujitsu for a long time, which is a martial art that involves "manipulating the opponent's force against himself rather than confronting it with one's own force." [Wikipedia]
Combine these two and we may have an interesting play here. What could be more damning to Core than to give its worst impulses a megaphone?
Still, this is probably overthinking it. Occam's Razor would say Roger was simply asleep at the wheel. How could he not know this move would cause people to leave the sub in droves? If he's that disconnected with the situation on the ground, and some of the other questionable mod choices seem to bear this out, we can of course write off any more subtle strategies. However, the jujitsu mindset may have driven him heuristically to "keep his friends close and enemies closer." It might turn out to be a stroke of genius. People like btcdrak + Power = ???? Somehow I don't think that many people will stick around to find out, unless drak really does play nice, which it looks like he isn't.
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i guess the positive spin on all this drama is that if what i say is true that most ppl (>99.9%) are going to lose money investing in crypto, then that means all those ppl are going to be complaining and creating drama all along the way to the finish line every which way we turn.
Yup. Every step of the way. The drama of 2011-2013 looks so quaint now, doesn't it?